Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective

In chapter four, “Homophobia and Heterosexism in the Black Church and Community,” of her book Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective, theological ethicist Kelly Brown Douglas challenges the homophobia evident in various African American theologies and churches while locating its sources in the broader historical context of the sexual oppression of African Americans at the hands of the white majority in American culture.